The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. — James Naismith Copy Share Image
Sometimes you need to get hit in the head to realize that you're in a fight. — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter to me what place I get traded to. If I was traded someplace - I'd play anywhere. — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
I knew Rick Pitino was going to make them play that outbreak, monkey defense. He's been doing it all his life. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
I love basketball, and I didn't get a chance to finish my career the way I wanted. — Penny Hardaway Copy Share Image
When I was young, I was sold on winning. I was always serious on the court. As I got older, I realized… — Carmelo Anthony Copy Share Image
I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
My game is evolving, my basketball bag, whatever they say, my repertoire of playing defense, pushing the ball on offense, being a… — Alex Caruso Copy Share Image
I feel like if you play basketbal, you should want to improve all the time. You should never feel like you don't… — Avery Bradley Copy Share Image
It's just something I've always loved to do: talk basketball. It's easy for me to give my perspective, my analyst approach to… — Paul Pierce Copy Share Image
Sam Jones and I, neither one of us were point guards, but we played the backcourt a lot together because we were… — John Havlicek Copy Share Image
Covering women's college basketball means covering women's college basketball: the ups, the downs, the surprises, the disappointments, the old rivalries, the new… — Dawn Staley Copy Share Image
There's definitely more to life than just basketball. You can touch, interact, talk to a lot more people and do a lot… — Jrue Holiday Copy Share Image
We come from an environment that has been created in our industry that's a 'yes' environment. Due to that environment, it has… — Rich Paul Copy Share Image
I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
We don't need no more rappers, we don't need no more basketball players, no more football players. We need more thinkers. We… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I started taekwondo at 5 or 6 years old and did a bunch of kick-boxing later, too. Eventually I became a black… — JWoww Copy Share Image
It's frustrating - not that I expect to be the same person I was 10 years ago, but I do expect to… — Sheryl Swoopes Copy Share Image
Basketball is like life and life is like basketball. It's just a game. So lets play the best we can while we… — Vlade Divac Copy Share Image
When I was like 6, my brother took me to the park near our house in Braunschweig, Germany, and taught me to… — Dennis Schroder Copy Share Image
My role models in the business were the older guys on my team when I first got there: Gray Scott, Adrian Smith,… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
The Atlanta Hawks are a bunch of guys who would prefer to pass kidney stones than pass a basketball. — Bob Weiss Copy Share Image
Your best player has to set a tone of intolerance for anything that gets in the way of winning — Jeff Van Gundy Copy Share Image
I want everyone to know: You can play basketball in Canada and you can still get to where you need to go. — Jamal Murray Copy Share Image
The Lakers fans have been great, even folks in the supermarket are welcoming me back! — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
I can be aggressive and try to look to score by driving the basketball and trying to get open shots. — Dennis Schroder Copy Share Image
I feel like a coach when I'm on the court. I just see basketball as a team sport. — Jose Calderon Copy Share Image
U-M has provided me the chance to live my dream of playing college basketball and to earn a Michigan degree. — Caris LeVert Copy Share Image
I think every player who truly loves basketball wants to be in the game at all times. — Jalen Brunson Copy Share Image
I was captain of the volleyball team and the basketball team, and I ran track. — Sarah Shahi Copy Share Image
Promise yourself to make all your friends know there is something in them that is special and that you value. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish. — Wilt Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Balancing schoolwork and basketball was very, very hard, but a lot of benefits came along with it. — Big Cass Copy Share Image
I just want to go out there and play basketball, do it at a high level, put us in a position to… — Bradley Beal Copy Share Image
